The song with which Oasis celebrate the ultrà world

When Noel Gallagher wrote “D’i You Know What I Mean?”, Song published in July 1997 as the first single of the third album of the Oasis “Be here now”, the piece exploded in the standings: 162,000 copies sold in one day, 370,000 in a week and over 745,000 in total, conquering the platinum disc in a very short time. It opens with a stratified guitars wall, helicopter audio effects and a playful code Morse who transmits “Bugger All” (“A nice nothing”)an ironic sound signature. Noel, famous for his ability to generate rock poetry from no sense elements, admitted: “I wanted to write a deep phrase, but I realized that a vague refrain How ‘All My People Righth Here, Right Now, D’i You Know What I Mean? Yeah yeah’ it still worked very well“.

In the official videothe band is immersed in a post-apocalyptic atmosphere between helicopters and desolate scenarios. An image reversed today and almost reinterpreted in the Reunion tour, where on the maxi-sides there are visuals of ultrà groups with flags and smoke bombs, snapshots that amplify the effect of collective anthem that suggests the songtransmitting a sense of community and not of restlessness. Among the Oasis, the world of cheering and football is a profound bond: the two Gallagher brothers are Manchester City supporters. Liam never misses an opportunity to make fun of the fans of the opposing teams. Noel, in recent years, included in this Tournée of Reunion, has always wanted a cardboard of the coach Pep Guardiola behind him “protect” him “and said that his support for the team dates back to the 70s, when his father brought him to Maine Road, the old Citizens stadium. Many of the distinctive elements of the Oasis are intertwined with the history of the club, with the colors and the graphics of merchandising, and in general to that of stadium subculturejust think of different elements of clothing such as the Pescatora hat or the Stone Island jackets, a brand that has now become luxury and famous all over the world also thanks to the push of the Ultras groups.

In the 2005 “Hooligans” film several protagonists, for example, wear leaders of the brand born in Italy. The choirs, the aggregation, the union, the madness, the snags, the irony: it seems almost no degrees of separation between the Gallagher brothers and the hottest fans. It is a varied universe that of the world of organized fans, linked to roots working class, social and community, celebrated by Oasis not only on aesthetic and imaginary levelbut also of rituality: just think of the ceremonial of the “Poznan” asked by Liam during all concerts before the start of “Cigarettes & Alcohol”. “D’i You Know What I Mean?”, Almost thirty years after the exit, continues to embody that feeling of belonging and rebellion that today Oasis want to transmit by raising that radical passion that for Pier Paolo Pasolini It was the last sacred rite of today’s citizens, An authentic and vital breath in the dark consumption society.